List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1925
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Fifteen American scholars and artists, including one woman and one Black man, were awarded Guggenheim Fellowships in 1925.[1][2] This was the inaugural year of this award and was given by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.[3] Composer Aaron Copland was the only recipient not to have a college degree.[4]
Fellows
| Category | Field of Study | Fellow | Institutional association | Research topic | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creative Arts | Musical Composition | Aaron Copland | Composing | Also won in 1926 | [5][4] | |
| Humanities | British History | Violet Barbour | Vassar College | Period of the Protectorate and the Restoration | Also won in 1926 | [6][4][7] |
| Classics | Allen Brown West | University of Pennsylvania | Tribute Records of the ancient Athenian Empire | Also won in 1926 | [4][8] | |
| English Literature | Harold William Thompson | New York State College for Teachers | Biography | Also won in 1927 | [4] | |
| General Nonfiction | Isaac Fisher | Fisk University | Interracial relations in the United States and abroad | Also won in 1926 | [6][3][4] | |
| Medieval Literature | Clark Harris Slover | University of Chicago | History of literature | Also won in 1931 | [4] | |
| Renaissance History | Merritt Yerkes Hughes | University of California | Literature of the Italian Renaissance and its effect on English literature of the 16th century | [9][4][10] | ||
| Natural Science | Chemistry | Gerhard Krohn Rollefson | University of California | Physical chemistry | [11][4][10] | |
| Mathematics | John Robert Kline | University of Pennsylvania | Analysis situs of three dimensions from a point set standpoint | [4][12] | ||
| Medicine and Health | Edwin William Schultz | Leland Stanford Junior University | Processes by which bacteria are destroyed by various agencies | [4][10] | ||
| Neuroscience | Percival Bailey | Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Harvard Medical School | Diseases of the nervous system | [2][4][8] | ||
| Plant Sciences | Gordon Floyd Ferris | Leland Stanford Junior University | Scientific trip to Mexico, Central, and South America | [4][10] | ||
| Social Sciences | Political Science | Quincy Wright | University of Chicago | International law | [13][4] | |
| Psychology | Coleman Griffith | University of Illinois | Child psychology | [4] | ||
| Religion | Kenneth James Saunders | Pacific School of Religion | Oriental religions | Also won in 1926 | [4][10] |